FLASHPOINTS

Today on Flashpoints: Israeli gunboats shell a public beach in the Gaza strip and kill four children playing soccer on the sand. Also, a bold peace proposal being floated by Hamas. We’ll speak to the Head of the National Day Labor Organizing Network about the kids from Central America being used as a political football to speed up the deportation rate. And a rebroadcast of our interview with undocumented Pulitzer winning reporter, Jose Antonio Vargas, who was arrested yesterday in McAllen, Texas

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Flashpoints 07-16-14

Today on Flashpoints: The Israeli/Egyptian cease fire fake out, and the real politics behind the latest US supported Israeli civilian slaughter/war in Gaza. Meanwhile, the death toll of Palestinians hovers around the 200 hundred mark, with 1450 wounded, and dozens of children among the dead. And the bombs keep falling on innocents. We’ll feature an in depth discussion with Vijay Prashad, who just returned from the region, on the current situation. Also more on the corporate medias pro-Israeli reporting that portrays Palestinian deaths as Israelis. And a Navaho leader, running for president of the Navaho Nation, want to grant exile to Central American Kids on Indian lands

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Flashpoints 07-15-14

Today on Flashpoints: Israelis fire warning missiles at a Gaza city geriatric hospital, sending staff and patients into a life threatening panic. Meanwhile, the death toll of Palestinians nears the 200 hundred mark, with 1400 wounded, and 34 children among the dead.  Also, we speak to an international law scholar about Israel’s commission of potential crimes against humanity. And more on the kids coming in from Central America, fleeing for their lives

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Flashpoints 07-14-14

Today on Flashpoints: Massive Israeli air assaults continue against the occupied Gaza Strip. The death toll is over a hundred, including at least 22 children. Also, Nora Barrows-Friedman and The Electronic Intifada returns with their weekly podcast. And the battle for justice for Andy Lopez continues.

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Flashpoints 07-11-14

Today on Flashpoints: We devote the entire show to the massive Israeli air assault on the Gaza Strip, the most densely populated place in the world. We’ll have a front line report on the ground. Also, we’ll be joined in studio by Ziad Abbbas of the Middle East Children’s Alliance, and Nora Barrows Friedman of the Electronic Intifada

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Flashpoints 07-10-14

Today on Flashpoints: We’ll have a extended Report from the Gaza strip, where Israel launched a major military offensive that killed at least seven children and wounded dozens more. Also, we’ll examine the various elements of US policy toward Honduras. that has caused so many kids in that poverty stricken nation to head north toward the US. Also, a close look and analysis at the Andy Lopez verdict, from an African-American perspective.

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Flashpoints 07-09-14

Today on Flashpoints: An exclusive interview with the attorney for the Andy Lopez family, who responds to the Santa Rosa’s DA decision not to prosecute. A troubling report from a medical doctor in the Gaza strip, after days of Israeli bombing and killing of innocent civilians there. Also, a front line report on expanding Israeli vigilantism against Palestinians living inside the greenline.  And poet Jack Hirshman remembering Left Curve editor and poet Csaba Polony

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Flashpoints 07-08-2014

Today on Flashpoints: Is misguided US foreign policy courting violence over negotiation in the Ukraine? Also, an update on fighting tar sands in Idaho. And our regular weekly broadcast of the electronic intifada Hosted by Nora Barrows Friedman.

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Flashpoints 07-03-14

Today on Flashpoints: US pushing successfully for the re-militarization of Japan. Native Americans roughed up and detained at AT&T Park in San Francisco, get an apology and a pair of tickets, but they want much more. More on the anti-choice implications of recent decisions made by the supreme court. And a report from the Gaza strip on the devastating and deadly impacts of continuing Israeli bombing

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Flashpoints 07-02-14

Today on Flashpoints: Obama sending more troops to Iraq, and more drone attacks expected. Also, a massive air strike against Gaza by Israeli occupiers, as Israeli vigilantes threaten to kill elected Arab politicians in Israel. And Native Americans, arrested at AT&T Park, where the San Francisco Giants play, during Native American heritage night.

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